Faculty from UBC’s Italian program recommend readings to keep you entertained while you’re stuck at home.
Simonetta Hornby, Caffè Amaro (2016)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto
Giacomo Leopardi, Dialogo della natura e di un islandese (1827)
Suggested by Carlo Testa
Giovanni Boccaccio, El Decamerón (1348)
Suggested by Daniela Boccassini
Elena Ferrante, L’amica geniale (2011)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto
Claudio Magris, L’infinito Viaggiare (2003)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto
Elsa Morante, L’isola di Arturo (1957)
Suggested by Monica Liscio
Giacomo Leopardi, La Ginestra (1836)
Suggested by Carlo Testa
Dacia Maraini, La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria (1990)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto
Antonio Scurati, La seconda mezzanotte (2011)
Suggested by Gaoheng Zhang
Alberto Moravia, La noia (1960)
Suggested by Giorgio Jacova
Giacomo Carofiglio, Le tre del Mattino (2017)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto
Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi (1840)
Suggested by Carlo Testa
Primo Levi, Se questo è un uomo (1947)
Suggested by Elena Zampieri
Alessandro Baricco, Seta (1996)
Suggested by Arianna Dagnino
Feeling adventurous?
Explore these French readings recommended by Daniela Boccassini:
Bruno Latour, Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime (2018)
French version: Où atterrir? Comment s’orienter en politique (2017)
Suggested by Daniela Boccassini
Michel de Montaigne*, The Complete Essays of Montaigne (1958)
French version: Essais (1995, originally published 1580)
Suggested by Daniela Boccassini
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* The following recent article may be inspiring on why to read Montaigne: Dorian Rolston, Don’t take life so seriously: Montaigne’s lessons on the inner life (2020)
